Rotary game appliance.



Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

R O T N E V N Wwmsssas R E D L E F N E 5 0 R m m E DD ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0, WASHINGTON, D, c.

BERTIN RGSENFELDER, or SCHWENNINGEN, GERMANY.

ROTARY GAME APPLIANCE.

otness.

Application filed January 21, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTIN Rosnnrnnnnn, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Schwenningen, in the Kingdom of \Vurttemberg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Game Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Rotary appliances for games of chance are already known in which a disk or the like provided on its periphery with numerals or figures, is set in rapid rotation, by means of a centrally arranged handle after the manner of a top or in any other suitable way, beneath a fixed disk or plate provided with apertures above the row of numbers, whereby on the rotating disk becoming stationary various figures appear beneath the individual apertures, so that each player can ascertain the number falling to him at the aperture selected by him. These game appliances which are usually placed on a table, take up, however, a considerable amount of room and therefore cannot without trouble he carried about everywhere in order to afford amusement at any time. They also require, while the game is in progress, that the players shall group themselves around the table on which the game appliance is placed.

Now this invention has for its object a I rotary appliance for a game of chance constructed on similar principles, but which by reason of its handiness can always be carried on the person in order to afiord amusement, for example on a journey or the like. It

diii'ers from the ordinary apparatus mainly by the way in which it 1s used when playing with it and by there being in the fixed disk, only one aperture provided for showing the numbers placed on the rotary disk, so that during the game each player must individually set the disk in rotation. This is done by running the disk, which is revolubly mounted on a handle, over a table top or the like. The periphery of the disk is for this object provided with an indiarubber tire or the like and means are also provided on the rotary disk for stopping the disk at any desired moment, whereupon the number which appears in the aperture of the stationary disk can be read off.

The game appliance while being played Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1913.

Serial No. 743,405.

is passed from hand to hand, it is therefore unnecessary to use a table or the like as playing place. Many different rules may be drawn up for playing with the appliance, for instance it may be played like the wellknown dice games or in any other suitable way.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which one form of construction is illustrated as an example.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved game appliance. Fig. 2 is a view of the same partly in section and displaced through 90 relatively to Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved appliance; and Fig. 4, an arrangement of numbers as an example on the rotary disk.

The improved toy or game appliance con sists of a rotary disk Z) which is mounted on a stationary spindle a and its outer edge preferably provided with an india-rubber tire c or the like, and which has on its surface at the periphery the numerals of the game inany suitable arrangement and to a number corresponding with the size of the disk I). A fixed disk is arranged above the rotary disk 6 on the spindle a and provided with an aperture (Z, and a slide j which closes the aperture d is also provided on the disk 6, and may be suitably moved by means of a knob or stud it carried in a guide slot g. A disk 71 provided with teeth is mounted beneath the under face of the rotary disk Z) and the number of teeth of this disk 2' preferably corresponds with the number of the numerals provided on. the rotary disk I) and these teeth serve for stopping the disk I).

A pawl m on which a spring 1 acts is provided as means for stopping the disk I), and this pawl pivots on a pin a firmly connected with the spindle a. An arrangement is also preferably provided in order to enable it to be easily ascertained whether the disk Z) is rotating even when the aperture d is closed. For this object a spring 0 may be provided, for example on the spindle a, which spring presses lightly against the teeth of the wheel 2', so that when the disk is rotated a humming or buzzing noise is caused, but of course any other suitable device may be provided for the same object. The spindle a which serves as pivot for the movable disk I) and the toothed wheel 2' fixed thereon, is provided below with a handle 70 in order to allow of the game appliance being more conveniently handled.

The handling of the game appliance or toy is as follows: The apparatus being held, for example, in the right hand of a player, the pawl m is released from the teeth of the disk 2' by means of the index finger, and thereupon the disk I) is set in rapid rotation by being run along a table top or the like, the spring 0 arranged on said disk then making an audible noise. The pawl m is then released, whereupon under the action of the spring Z it engages in an interval between the teeth of the disk 2' and prevents any further rotation of the disk b. After the slide f has been pushed aside the result- 7 ant figure can be read off through the aperture (Z of the fixed disk 6, and so-forth.

' Of course various modifications may be introduced in the game appliance without departing from the essential features of the invention.

I declare that what I claim is 1. A rotary game appliance comprising a handle; a fixed part thereon; and a rotary part associated with the fixed part and provided with a contact periphery by which it may be rotated, one of said parts bearing figures. V

2. A rotary game appliance comprising a handle; a rotatable disk on the handle hav ing a cushioned edge; a fixed part cooperating with the disk to indicate their relative angular position; and means for stopping the rotation of the disk. 7 V r 3. A rotary game appliance comprising a rotary disk provided with a cushioned edge,

to the rotary disk; a spring pressed pawl pivoted to the handle and adapted to engage between said teeth.

5. A rotary game appliance comprising a spindle formed into a handle at its lower end; a fixed disk secured to the upper'end of said spindle and provided with an aperture; a slide for closing said aperture; a lateral arm on said spindle; a rotary disk mounted on the spindle between the ELIIILZtIlCl the fixed disk and provided with a crown surrounding the fixed disk and having a pe ripheral groove, the rotary disk being also provided with an annular series of numbers any one of which numbers may register with said aperture; 'a tire in said groove; a toothed disk secured to the lower face of 'the rotary disk; a spring pressed pawl mounted on said arm and adapted to engage said teeth; and a spring adapted to engage said teeth. r V

6. A rotary game appliance comprising a spindle having a threaded reduced upper end; a handle co-axial with the spindle and secured to 1ts lower end; a fixed disk secured on said reduced end co-axial with the spin dle and provided with'an aperture near its periphery and a slot near said aperture; a slide for said aperture pivoted to the inner face of the disk; a stud on said slide and passing through the slot; a lateral arm on said spindle; a rotary disk mounted on the spindle between the fixed disk and said arm and provided with an annular series'of figures adapted to register with said aperture; an upturned crown on said rotary" disk and surrounding thefixed disk and provided with a peripheral groove; a rubber tire in said groove; a toothed disksecured to the under side of said rotary disk; a spring pressed pawl mounted on said arm and adapted to engage between said teeth; and a spring adapted lightly to engage said teeth. In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. p

BERTIN ROSENFELDER. Witnesses:

Gnvnr HANSELMANN, ERNEST ENTENMANN.

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